May for teachers is a bitter-sweet time of year. We are anxiously awaiting the end of the school year so that we can get started with summer. We are also saying goodbye to a group of students who have been with us for nine or so months. Students who have grown academically (we dearly hope), physically, and emotionally (again, we dearly hope). In my early years of teaching, I would write a year-end letter that I would give to my students on their last day with me. As technology progressed, my year-end letter became a DVD slide show set to music. The last few years a…
Daddy’s Birthday
Original writing: May 6, 2018 Sunday 7:04 a.m. Today would have been Daddy’s 85th birthday. Today is also the fifth anniversary of Granny’s (as known to my children) death in 2013. My step-mom passed away (died is such a jolting word to me) May 6, 2013. A few short days later my youngest daughter graduated high school. A little over two years later, on September 12, 2015, my dad passed away. From where I sit writing this morning, I can see the lilac bush from my Dad’s place that my husband transplanted for me. I can see it out the window of my sun room.…
It’s About Time – A Lifestyle Blog and Creative Outlet
It is time to put the doubts aside and start this blog. By the end of the day Friday, I had talked myself out of launching a blog. By the time I drove home, I realized that my biggest struggle (besides being hesitant to put myself out there) is that I am trying to draw from past writings and trying to make them relevant for current times. I realized that what I have to do is write for now and draw on those past writings to verify, give ideas, and supplement current thoughts. So here is another attempt at an introduction post so that I…